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Chicago Tribune - May 4, 2018 Blackstone Group bought Willis Tower for a Chicago-record $1.3 billion in 2015. The elevator upgrades are part of a $500 million renovation that will add more than 300,000 square feet of retail and entertainment space at the base of the building at 233 S.

Curbed Chicago - May 8, 2018 As part of an ongoing $500 million renovation project, Chicago's iconic Willis Tower is getting an extensive upgrade to its all-important elevator network—a system the completes a staggering 42,247 trips each day. Starting in June, Otis Elevator will ...

Chicago Sun-Times - May 3, 2018 Willis Tower owner and manager, Equity Office, is partnering with elevator manufacturer Otis on the project, which starts next month and will take five years to complete. Modernization of more than 80 passenger and freight elevators is part of the ...